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277072 Don Schwartz <dks@t...> 2023‑03‑04 Re: making scrollwork... how to smooth?
That's what i suggested� - strips taped to fret saw or coping saw.
Don

On 2023-03-04 5:17 a.m., Dennis Heyza wrote:
> Narrow strips was what I alluded to in my reply. Just cut a strip (found it
helps if you cut 1" and fold it over to 1/2"). If you cut it long enough (say
5-6") you can easily pull it taught above/below the scrollwork and sand -
sometimes up/down, sometimes side to side. You can easily get this is pretty
tight spots.
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> Dennis
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: oldtools@g...  On Behalf Of Bridger Berdel
> Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 9:41 PM
> To: tonyseo@p...
> Cc: James DuPrie ; Tools Old 
> Subject: Re: [oldtools] making scrollwork... how to smooth?
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> Narrow strips of abrasives sounds like something that could be mounted into a
fret saw....
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> On Fri, Mar 3, 2023, 4:44 PM Tony Seo via groups.io 
wrote:
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>> On 3/3/2023 7:55 AM, James DuPrie wrote:
>>> Thanks everyone....
>> At one point I had a box of garnet paper strips, they were about 3"
>> long and 1/8" wide.  I believe that they were used for either jewelry work or
>> dental (denture) making.   But they have disappeared here so....  If you
>> could find something like that, I'm sure they could solve a lot of
>> problems.
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>> Tony (no video this week and watching the weather for PATINA not
>> getting very pretty looking at this point)
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